[Maybe it isn't a surprise that Sasuke listens because he's very much a quiet and reserved person. It's easy to listen because it means he isn't talking about himself.

But he wonders, looking at the fire and listening, what Naruto would wish for if given this chance. What Sakura would wish for, what Kakashi would wish for, but mainly what Naruto, if pulled from their meeting in the Valley on the statues, would more than anything else.

It wouldn't be anything like his wish, would it? It would be... thoughtful, selfless, something that would help others, the village, and maybe that's why Justice spoke to him so well. It was just... all he saw, all he had been jealous of in Naruto.

Maybe he and Senri are alike in that regard.

He's quiet for a long time before he turns his head enough to glance over at Senri, brows pulled somewhat together.] Mine is. [The fact everything he says is backwards... might make it easier, he thinks.] My wish... isn't selfish.

I needed... to protect the village from being destroyed. After getting rid of Naruto who... kept... I needed the power to... keep all the ninja villages... the same, how they always had been.

[Surprisingly, there's a defeated, apologetic look on his face.]